quartan

quartan is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.
2. noun. An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.
3. noun. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
4. noun. a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
5. adjective. occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

   "quartan malaria"

Common word forms

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